Saint Bardas, founder of the monastery of the Forerunner in Petra, Constantinople (5th-6th c.);

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Martyrdom of the 44 Holy Sabaite fathers, monk-martyrs of the [[Holy Lavra of St. Savas (Jerusalem)|Great Lavra of St. Sabbas the Sanctified]], massacred by the Saracens ([[w:Blemmyes|Blemmyes]]) (610 or 614) (see also [[March 20]]);

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Martyr Peter of Blachernae;

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Saint [[Thomas I of Jerusalem]], [[List of Patriarchs of Jerusalem|Patriarch of Jerusalem]] (820);

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Saint George of [[Metropolis of Mytiline|Mitylene]], Bishop (821 or 842);

New Hieromartyr Teodor (Nestorović) of Vršac, Bishop of Vršac in Banat, Serbia (1595);

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New-Martyr Nicholas of [[w:Metsovo|Metsovo]], at Trikala, whose [[relics]] are at [[Meteora]] (1617);

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[[Venerable]] Hieromonk [[Matthew of Yaransk]] the [[Wonderworker]] (1927) (see also [[October 8]] - Synaxis of the Saints of Vyatka);

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New-Martyr [[Vukasin of Klepci]], Serbia, under the Ustashi terrorists (1941);

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'''Other Commemorations''':

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Foundation of the church of Saint [[Euphemia the Great Martyr|Euphemia]], near the [[w:Neorion (ancient Greece)|Neorion]] (port facilities), by the [[w:Dolmabahçe Palace|Dolmabahçe Palace]] of Constantinople;

Commemoration of Saint [[Macarius Notaras of Corinth]] (1805) in the village of Myloi, [[Metropolis of Samos and Ikaria|Samos island]] (see [[April 17]]).

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Hieromartyr Alexander, Archbishop of Jerusalem (251) (see also December 12);
Saint Papylinus the Martyr (Papelinos);
Martyrs Bachtisius (Dachthisoes), Isaac and Symeon of Persia (339) (see also May 18 - Slavonic);
Saint Theodore the Sanctified of Tabennisi, disciple of Saint Pachomios the Great (367);
Martyrs Abda (Audas) and Abdjesus (Audiesus) the Bishops, with Benjamin and 38 other martyrs at Beth-Kashkar in the Persian Empire, under Ardashir II (375) including: 16 priests, 9 deacons, 6 monks, and 7 unnamed virgins;
Saint Neadius (Neadios), Bishop and Wonderworker;
Saint Bardas, founder of the monastery of the Forerunner in Petra, Constantinople (5th-6th c.);
Martyrdom of the 44 Holy Sabaite fathers, monk-martyrs of the Great Lavra of St. Sabbas the Sanctified, massacred by the Saracens (Blemmyes) (610 or 614) (see also March 20);
Martyr Peter of Blachernae;
Saint Thomas I of Jerusalem, Patriarch of Jerusalem (820);
Saint George of Mitylene, Bishop (821 or 842);
Saint Nicholas Mystikos, Patriarch of Constantinople (925);
Saint Fort (Fort de Bordeaux), first Bishop of Bordeaux in France, venerated as a martyr (ca. 1st c.?);
Saint Peregrinus, Bishop of Terni (138);
Hieromrtyr Peregrine of Auxerre, first bishop of Auxerre and the builder of its first cathedral (261 or 304);
Martyrs Felix and Gennadius, at Uzalis in Africa;
Martyrs Vitus (Guy), Modestus, and Crescentia at Lucania (ca. 303);
Saint Hilary, Bishop of Pavia, one of the bishops in the north of Italy who fought against Arianism (376);
Saint Possidius, Bishop of Calama in Numidia in North Africa, friend of Saint Augustine of Hippo (c.370-c.440);
Saint Primael, ascetic, from Britain, he went to Brittany and became a hermit near Quimper (ca.450);
Blessed child-saint Musa of Rome (5th c.);
Saint Carantac (Carantog, Caimach, Carnath), Welsh prince who aided St Patrick in the enlightenment of Ireland (5th c.);
Saint Fidolus (Phal), Abbot at Isle-Aumont, south of Troyes (ca.540-549);
Saint Germerius, Bishop of Toulouse in France for fifty years (560);
Saint Brendan the Navigator, Abbot of Clonfert (ca.577);
Saint Domnolus, Bishop of Le Mans (581);
Saint Carantoc of Carhampton, an Abbot who founded the church of Llangrannog in Wales (6th c.);
Saint Honoratus of Amiens, the seventh bishop of Amiens (ca.600);
Saint Annobert (Alnobert), a monk at Almenêches, consecrated Bishop of Séez in France (ca.689);
Saint Franchy (Francovæcus), a monk at St Martin de la Bretonnière in France, later a hermit in the Nivernais (Diocese of Nevers) (7th c.);
Saints Cassian (1537) and Laurence (1548), disciples of Venerable Cornelius of Komel (May 19), Abbots of Komel ("Korneliev" Monastery), Vologda;
New Hieromartyr Teodor (Nestorović) of Vršac, Bishop of Vršac in Banat, Serbia (1595);
New-Martyr Nicholas of Metsovo, at Trikala, whose relics are at Meteora (1617);
Venerable Hieromonk Matthew of Yaransk the Wonderworker (1927) (see also October 8 - Synaxis of the Saints of Vyatka);
New-Martyr Vukasin of Klepci, Serbia, under the Ustashi terrorists (1941);
Other Commemorations:
Foundation of the church of Saint Euphemia, near the Neorion (port facilities), by the Dolmabahçe Palace of Constantinople;
Translation of the relics (1545) of Saint Ephraim, Abbot of Perekop, Wonderworker of Novgorod (1492) (see September 26);
Commemoration of Saint Macarius Notaras of Corinth (1805) in the village of Myloi, Samos island (see April 17).